as in unhappy
having, prone to, or marked by bad luck
this fishing rod must be jinxed, seeing as how I never catch anything
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Adjective
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Auriemma was apparently unhappy with the officiating in the game and the disparity in free throw shooting.—
Lori Riley,
Hartford Courant,
4 Apr. 2026 -
Despite the changes, some in the Senate were still unhappy with the final iteration.—
Keely Doll,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Apr. 2026
Verb
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It has been said that Persian Gulf countries are both blessed and cursed by their vast oil and gas reserves.—
Scott L. Montgomery,
The Conversation,
7 Apr. 2026
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Another frequent speaker gave Walters the middle finger during his turn at the lectern and sometimes cursed during remarks.—
Nuria Martinez-Keel,
Oklahoma Voice,
7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Mikey never ended up doing anything beyond flirting, but his unfortunate turn of phrase was all Sydney needed to begin exploring her options in the villa.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Apr. 2026
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The Charlotte Hornets received an unfortunate reminder Friday night in their last home game of the regular season.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Apr. 2026
Verb
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In other words, the solution to the problem of the past hypothesis puzzle, or why the Universe possessed a low-entropy state at the start of the hot Big Bang, is because the Universe underwent a period of cosmic inflation.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Apr. 2026
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All possessed one, if not two, quarterbacks who could find the end zone consistently.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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From fire irons to swords, guns to clothes airers, Nesbø — who wrote the screenplay himself — finds a myriad ways to dispatch his unlucky victims, a significant number of whom also lose limbs before bleeding out.—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2026
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That meant that the higher powers had the authority to enact a punishment on an unlucky criminal postmortem.—
Tara Ramanathan,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
25 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The comments section quickly filled with viewers charmed by the moment.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
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Paris — Anyone visiting Paris just over a decade ago would doubtless have been charmed by the city’s timeless attractions — brasseries serving delicious food, museums crammed with famous works of art, boulevards of chic stores — all overlooked by the sparkling lights of the Eiffel Tower.—
Lisa Courbebaisse,
CNN Money,
21 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Trailing by three after a disastrous first period, the Sharks got goals from Nick Leddy and Macklin Celebrini in the second period, and a nifty third-period goal from Alex Wennberg to tie the game and bring the capacity crowd at SAP Center to life.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
5 Apr. 2026
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The regular sight of US citizens paraded in Iran was disastrous for former President Jimmy Carter.—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2026
Verb
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White, who spelled Elissa Ferguson at the half, had one save in the shootout that was pivotal.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Apr. 2026
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Yahoo will be competing against a familiar foil in Google, which remains the same formidable force that spelled the company’s demise 20 years ago and has been progressively layering more AI into its search engine with its Gemini technology.—
Michael Liedtke,
Fortune,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Jinxed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jinxed. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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